Carlo Calenda

Carlo Calenda
Minister of Economic Development
In office 10 May 2016 – 1 June 2018
Prime Minister	Matteo Renzi Paolo Gentiloni
Preceded by	Federica Guidi
Succeeded by	Luigi Di Maio
Secretary of Action
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 February 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2022
Constituency	Sicily
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2 July 2019 – 12 October 2022
Constituency	North-East Italy
Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
In office 21 March 2016 – 10 May 2016
Prime Minister	Matteo Renzi
Preceded by	Stefano Sannino
Succeeded by	Maurizio Massari
Personal details
Born	(1973-04-09) 9 April 1973 (age 51) Rome, Italy
Political party	Action (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	PCI (1980s) SC (2013–2015) Independent (2015–2018) PD (2018–2019)
Spouse	Violante Guidotti Bentivoglio
Children	4
Education	Sapienza University
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Carlo Calenda (born 9 April 1973) is an Italian business executive and politician. On 2 May 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development in the government of Enrico Letta,^[1] and was later confirmed in that post in the cabinet of Letta's successor, Matteo Renzi.^[2]

On 20 January 2016, Renzi appointed him Italy's Permanent Representative to the European Union, an office he took up on March 21 that year.^[3] This appointment was criticised by both the opposition and Italian diplomats, because the office of Permanent Representative had always been held by a diplomat and not by a politician such as Calenda.^[4][5]